Education
| BS in Mathematics
with Computer Science Minor |
University
of Alabama in Huntsville |
1986 |
| MS in Mathematics |
Carnegie
Mellon University |
1988 |
| PhD in Mathematics |
Carnegie
Mellon University |
1993 |
Research interests
Model theory and mathematical
logic - in particular, their application to problems in algebra, discrete
mathematics and computer science. Combinatorics and its application to
recreational mathematics for undergraduate research.
Educational
interests
Discrete mathematics;
undergraduate research, problem-solving, and technology as a teaching
aid for abstract mathematics. Teaching
experience
Fall 1993 - present, Shippensburg
University - currently professor of mathematics, having taught undergraduate
courses entitled "Introductory Algebra", "Introduction to Statistics",
"Math for Liberal Studies", "Fundamentals of Mathematics
I", "Microcomputer Basic", "Applied Calculus", "Calculus I", "Calculus
II", "Calculus III", "Discrete Math", "Differential Equations",
"Introduction to Abstract Algebra", "Math Modeling," "Discrete
Structures for Computer Science", "History of Mathematics",
"Numerical Analysis", "Linear Algebra II", "Modern Geometry",
"Combinatorics," "Problem-solving Seminar", "Senior Seminar" and "Mathematics as Language
(Honors)", and graduate courses "Graph Theory", "Topics in Discrete Mathematics",
"Concepts of Calculus", "Mathematical Logic", "Theoretical Foundations of Computer Science", and
"Design and Analysis of Algorithms." (28 different courses)
Summers
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000, Carnegie Mellon
University - Instructor for the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the
Sciences Discrete Mathematics core course; curriculum designer and text
author as of 1992. Designer and instructor of Symbolic Computing elective
course as of 1993. Team research project leader in 1999. Presented
with 1996 Exemplary Service Award from the Pennsylvania Governor's Schools
of Excellence for work with the program.
Other work experience
- Fall 2000. Visiting
Mathematician, Mathematical Association of America, Washington, DC.
- Summer 1985:
GTE Labs. Designed and implemented basic relational database constructs
in the Lisp programming language for the Distributive Intelligence
group.
- 1984 - 1985:
Teledyne Brown Engineering. Through the cooperative education program
at University of Alabama at Huntsville, worked as an engineering trainee
with responsibilities of modeling and writing code for simulations
of data collection devices for space shuttle experiments.
- 1982 - 1983:
Marshall Space Flight Center. Through the National Junior Fellowship
program, worked as an engineering trainee for a simulations group
responsible for the simulations testing of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Publications
- D. Ensley
and B. Kaskosz, Flash and Math Applets: Learn by Example, BookSurge Publishing,
2009.
- D. E. Ensley
and J. E. Hamblin, "Exploring Recursion with the Josephus Problem: (Or how to play 'One Potato, Two Potato' for keeps)", in Resources for Teaching Discrete Mathematics, MAA Notes volume 74, 2009.
- D. E. Ensley,
"Fibonacci's triangle and other abominations," in The Edge of the Universe: Celebrating Ten Years of Math Horizons, MAA, 2006.
- D. E. Ensley
and J. W. Crawley, Introduction to Discrete Mathematics: Mathematical
Reasoning with Puzzles, Patterns, and Games, John Wiley and Sons,
2006. (This is the textbook for the Discrete Math course at SU.)
- D. E. Ensley,
"Unshuffling for the imperfect mathemagician," Math Horizons,
January 2004.
- D. E. Ensley,
"Fibonacci's triangle and other abominations," Math Horizons,
September 2003.
- D. E. Ensley,
"Maple in Motion," Proceedings of the Fourteenth
International Conference on Technology in College Mathematics,
2002.
- D. E. Ensley,
Media Highlights Reviews in the College Mathematics Journal,
September 2001 (Volume 32, Number 4) and November 2001 (Volume 32,
Number 5).
- The Viewpoints
2000 Group (including D. E. Ensley), "Proof Without Words: Geometric
Series," Mathematics Magazine, October 2001.
- D. E. Ensley,
book review for Identification Numbers and Check Digit Schemes
(by J. Kirtland), published on MAA Online, Fall 2001.
- D. E. Ensley,
"Math for the fun of it," Proteus: A Journal of Ideas,
Spring 2001.
- D. E. Ensley,
"Coming to a Network Near You: The Mathematical Sciences Digital
Library," in FOCUS, the monthly newsletter of the Mathematical
Association of America, Volume 21, Number 1, pp. 4 -- 5, January 2001.
- D. E. Ensley,
"Web-based assessment practices in calculus," Proceedings
of the Thirteenth International Conference on Technology in College
Mathematics, 2001.
- D. E. Ensley,
"Invariants under group actions to amaze you friends," Mathematics
Magazine, December 1999.
- D. E. Ensley,
Problem 637, College Mathematics Journal, Volume 30, Number 5, November
1999.
- D. E. Ensley,
"Maple programming for custom classroom capsules,"
in the Proceedings of the 1998 SSHE Computing Across the Curriculum
Conference, 1998.
- D. E. Ensley,
"Increasing student activity levels," PRIMUS (Problems, Resources,
and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies), June 1998, Volume
VIII, Number 2, pp.175-183.
- D. E. Ensley,
"Multiculturalism in mathematics," The National Honors Report,
Volume 18, Number 2, Summer 1997.
- D. E. Ensley,
"Automorphism invariant measures on Aleph0-categorical
structures without the independence property," in The Journal of
Symbolic Logic, June 1996, Volume 61, Number 2, pp.640 - 652.
- D. E. Ensley,
"Capping the calculus," in PRIMUS (Problems, Resources, and Issues
in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies), September 1996, Volume
6, Number 3, pp.269 - 276.
- D. E. Ensley
and R. P. Grossberg, "Ramsey's Theorem in stable structures," submitted
to Discrete Mathematics
Technical reports
(These are narrowly circulated
manuscripts to share results and innovations with colleagues as they are
being prepared for wider dissemination via journals or conference presentations.)
- D. E. Ensley,
"Unshuffling for the imperfect mathemagician," Shippensburg
University Mathematics Department Technical Report #03-01
- D. E. Ensley,
K. G. McGivney and C. L. Olsen, "Three papers from the Fourteenth
International Conference on Technology in College Mathematics,'' Shippensburg
University Mathematics and Computer Science Department Technical Report
#01-02
- D. E. Ensley,
"Fibonacci's triangle and other abominations," Shippensburg
University Mathematics and Computer Science Department Technical Report
#01-01.
- D. E. Ensley,
"Two papers on mathematics in magic tricks," Shippensburg
University Mathematics and Computer Science Department Technical Report
#99-01.
- D. E. Ensley,
"Maple programming for custom classroom capsules," Shippensburg
University Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Technical
Report #98-04.
- D. E. Ensley,
R. D. Shehy, "Josephus and the Amazing Technicolor Fixed Points,"
Shippensburg University Mathematics and Computer Science Department,
Technical Report #97-08
- D. E. Ensley.
"Parity and Strategy in Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?", Shippensburg University Mathematics and Computer Science Department,
Technical Report #97-01
- D. E. Ensley
and G. R. Fiorini, "Incorporating writing into the mathematics curriculum,"
Shippensburg University Mathematics and Computer Science Department,
Technical Report #96-03
- D. E. Ensley,
"Pascal's Triangle mod 2", Shippensburg University Mathematics
and Computer Science Department, Technical Report #96-02
- D. E. Ensley,
"Some results on the basis problem for proper combinators with pure
effect," Carnegie Mellon University Mathematics Department Research
Note 88-08, 1988.
Talks and workshops
given
Invited Talks and
Panels
- November 2008. "The Mathematics of Magic," keynote speaker at Pi Mu Epsilon initiation ceremony, Mount St. Mary's University.
- January 2008. "Dueling Platforms: Java vs. Flash," panelist at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego.
- January 2007. "Best Practices for Online Publication," panelist at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans.
- September 2006. "Using Flash applets for the constructivist teaching
of mathematical proof," presentation for the Kansas City Regional Mathematics Technology Expo in Kansas City, MO.
- August 2006. "The many faces of discrete mathematics," presentation for the Mathematical Association of America's NExT (New EXperiences in Teaching) program in Knoxville, TN.
- August 2006. "The mathematician as teacher and scholar," panelist for the Mathematical Association of America's NExT (New EXperiences in Teaching) program in Knoxville, TN.
- October 2005.
"Mathematical invariants to amaze your friends," presentation
for Math and Computer Science Department at Juniata College.
- August 2005.
"A recurring theme in discrete mathematics," presentation
in session Gems of Applied Mathematics at the Albuquerque
Mathfest.
- April 2004. "Mathematical
magic tricks," presentation for the Mathematics Colloquium at
the University of Alabama - Huntsville.
- April 2004. "Flash
tools for teaching mathematical proof," special workshop for
Mathematics Department faculty at the University of Alabama - Huntsville.
- January 2004.
Panelist for Web SIGMAA on teaching innovations for the web.
- November 2003.
"Mathematics of card tricks," presentation for the Mathematics
Club at the Ursinus College.
- April 2003. "Mathematics
of card tricks," presentation for the Mathematics Club at the
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.
- September 2002.
"Innovations in Teaching Discrete Mathematics," keynote
presentation for new faculty in the Allegheney Mountain Section of
the MAA.
- April 2002. "Mathematical
invariants in card tricks," presentation for the Mathematics
Club at Lockhaven University.
- March 2002. "The
MAA's Mathematical Sciences Digital Library," presented at a
special session on technology in teaching mathematics at the American
Mathematics Society regional meeting at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
- August 2001.
Panel discussant for the session "Motivating Students,"
conducted at the MAA MathFest (national summer meeting) in Madison,
WI.
- April 2001. "Josephus
and the Amazing Technicolor Permutations," Hood College, Pi Mu
Epsilon Initiation Banquet.
- January 2000.
"New Experiences with Tenure," Mathematics Education Reform
session at MAA national meeting in Washington, DC.
- January 1999.
Panel discussant on science, math and engineering digital libraries
organized by NEEDS (National Engineering Educational Delivery System
at the University of California at Berkeley) at the MAA/AMS Joint
Mathematics Meeting in San Antonio, TX.
- November 1999.
"Invariants and magic tricks," colloquium talk for Math Club at Moravian
College.
- March 1998. "Pascal's
Triangle mod 2," colloquium talk, Mathematics Department at Millersville
University.
- February 1998.
"Josephus and the Amazing Technicolor Fixed Points," colloquium talk,
Mathematics Department at Bloomsburg University.
- September 1997.
"Overview and applications of Ramsey's Theorem," presented for the
Mathematics and Computer Science Department at Gettysburg College.
- August 1996.
"The use of counterexamples in teaching proof," presented at the Mathematical
Association of America national summer meeting in Seattle, WA.
- October 1995.
"Model theory of finite structures" at Gettysburg College presented
for the Mid-Cumberland Valley Mathematics Colloquium series.
- January 1995.
"Measures on Aleph_0-categorical structures without the independence
property" presented at the America Mathematical Society national winter
meeting in San Francisco, CA.
- March 1994. "The
0-1 law for finite partitions" at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
as part of their mathematics colloquium series
- April 1993. "Measures
on Aleph_0-categorical structures" presented at the Mid-Atlantic Mathematical
Logic Association meeting at Carnegie Mellon University.
Local Talks
- 1995 - present. Various talks at weekly department seminar.
- March 2001. "Mathematics
and Magic Tricks," for Mrs. Nadine Carbaugh's math classes at
McConnellsburg High School.
- March 2001. "The
Lighter Side of Mathematics," Wilson College, Institute for Retired
Persons lecture program.
- January 2001.
"The Mathematics of Magic,'' Shippensburg University Science
Seminar Series.
- February 2001.
"The Lighter Side of Mathematics,'' Shippensburg University Arts
and Sciences Colloquium.
- September 1999.
"Josephus and the Amazing Technicolor Fixed Points,'' Shippensburg
University Science Seminar Series.
Contributed Papers
at State and National Meetings
- January 2009. "Leapin' Lizards! It's Mathematics!" presented at the session, Mathematics of Games and Puzzles at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington, DC.
- January 2009. "Steal this Applet!" presented at the session on Mathlets at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego, CA.
- August 2006. "Another generalization of the Josephus problem," presented at the session Advances in Recreational Mathematics at the MAA MathFest in Knoxville, TN.
- August 2006. "Recursive games in first year discrete mathematics," presented at the session Mathematics in Sports and Games at the MAA MathFest in Knoxville, TN.
- January 2006.
"Flash as a tool for creating Discrete Math applets," presented
at the session Mathlets for Teaching and Learning Mathematics
at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Antonio, TX.
- October 2004.
"Tools for teaching proof to future elementary school teachers,"
presentation for the International Conference on Technology in College
Mathematics in New Orleans, LA.
- October 2004.
"Tools for teaching proof to future elementary school teachers,"
session presentation (with T. Evitts) at the northeast regional meeting
of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Baltimore, MD.
- August 2004.
"Fibonacci's triangle and other abominations," presented
at the Mathematics Association of America national summer meeting
in Providence, RI.
- August 2004.
"What's new in DCR," presented at the Mathematics Association
of America national summer meeting in Providence, RI.
- January 2004.
"Flash applications for discrete mathematics,"
presented (with C. Dahl) at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Phoenix,
AZ.
- October 2003.
"Flash applications for teaching mathematical proof,"
presented (with W. Crawley) at the International Conference on Technology
in College Mathematics in Chicago, IL.
- August 2003.
"Flash applications for teaching mathematical proof,"
presented at the Mathematics Association of America national summer
meeting in Boulder, CO.
- March 2001. "A
recurring theme in discrete mathematics," at the annual meeting
of the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Pittsburgh.
- January 2001.
"Counterexamples in Good Teaching,'' at MAA/AMS Joint Mathematics
Meetings in New Orleans.
- January 2001.
"Euler's Observations on a Classic of Recreational Mathematics,''
at MAA/AMS Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans.
- November 2001.
"Web-based assessment practices in calculus,'' at the International
Conference on Technology in College Mathematics in Atlanta, GA.
- January 2000.
"Using Javascript for an Active Discrete Math Class,'' presented
at the session "Innovative Uses of the World Wide Web in Teaching
Mathematics" at the MAA/AMS Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington,
DC.
- April 1999. On-line
discrete math material used for University Day Digital Playground
presentation.
- January 1998.
"Ramsey's Theorem in stable structures'' presented at the national
meeting of the Association for Symbolic Logic in Baltimore, MD.
- May 1998. "The
use of technology in teaching abstract mathematics," presented at
the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Computing Across
the Curriculum Conference.
- January 1998.
"Ramsey's Theorem in stable structures," presented at the national
meeting of the Association for Symbolic Logic in Baltimore, MD.
- August 1997.
"Active learning of discrete mathematical concepts'' presented at
the Mathematics Association of America national summer meeting in
Atlanta, GA
- August 1995.
"Capping the calculus'' and "Programming and polynomials" presented
at the American Mathematical Society national summer meeting in Burlington,
VT.
- May 1994. "A Maple-based lab in discrete mathematics for the Pennsylvania
Governor's School for the Sciences" was presented at the State System
of Higher Education Mathematics Association annual meeting at Slippery
Rock University.
Sessions and panels
organized
- August 2006.
Chaired panel on Organizing MAA Sessions at the Mathematical Association
of America summer MathFest in Knoxville, TN.
- August 2004.
Organized and chaired with C. Olsen (of SU) an invited paper session
on combinatorics at the Mathematical Association of America summer
meeting in Providence, RI.
- August 2002.
Organized and chaired with C. Olsen (of SU) and C. Ashbacher a contributed
paper session on "Recreational Mathematics in the Classroom" at the
Mathematical Association of America summer meeting in Burlington,
VT.
- January 2000.
Organized and chaired with C. Olsen (of SU) a special session on "Great
Theorems of Mathematics" at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in Washington,
DC.
- August 1999.
Organized and chaired with C. Olsen (of SU) a contributed paper session
on "Great Theorems of Mathematics'' at the Mathematical Association
of America summer meeting in Providence, RI.
- January 1999.
Organized and chaired a contributed paper session on "The use of technology
in the teaching of abstract mathematics'' at the Joint MAA/AMS meeting
in San Antonio.
- August 1998.
Organized and chaired with C. Olsen (of SU) an invited paper session
on "Great Theorems of Mathematics'' at the Mathematical Association
of America summer meeting in Toronto, Ontario.
- August 1996.
Organized and chaired with H. Hulett (Miami University, Oxford, OH)
two invited paper sessions on "Innovations in Teaching Introductory
Logic and Proof'' at the Mathematical Association of America national
summer meeting in Seattle, WA.
Workshops conducted
- June 2008.
(Jointly with B. Kaskosz of U. of Rhode Island) Directed the one-week workshop "Flash at the Beach,'' as part of PREP, the Mathematical Association of America's PRofessional Enhancement Program, at Shippensburg University.
- April 2008. KSTF workshop on Maple.
- July 2007.
(Jointly with L. Moore, D. Smith, F. Wattenberg) Presenter for the one-week workshop on Best Practices for Online Publication at USMA, West Point, NY.
- June 2007.
(Jointly with B. Kaskosz of U. of Rhode Island) Directed the one-week workshop "Flash at the Beach,'' as part of PREP, the Mathematical Association of America's PRofessional Enhancement Program, at the University of Rhode Island.
- March 2007.
"A Hand-on Approach to Mathematical Proof,'' a three-hour workshop at the Technical Sympsoium of the ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education in Cincinnati, OH.
- February 2007.
"Creating mathlets with Adobe Flash,'' a two-hour minicourse at the International
Conference on Technology in College Mathematics in Boston, MA.
- Janaury 2007.
"Creating mathlets using Adobe Flash,'' a four-hour minicourse at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans.
- June 2006. (Jointly with J. Hamblin, D. Hastings, K. McGivney of SU) Directed the one-week workshop "Discrete Math: Puzzles, Patterns, and Proof" as part of PREP, the Mathematical Association of America's PRofessional Enhancement Program.
- March 2006.
(Jointly with K. Kaskosz of URI) "Tools and training for developing
mathematics teaching materials in Flash," a two-hour workshop
at the International Conference on Technology in College Mathematics
in Orlando, FL.
- January 2006.
(Jointly with K. McGivney) "Technology tools for Discrete Math,"
a four-hour mini-course at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Antonio,
TX.
- January 2005.
(Jointly with K. McGivney) "Hands-on Discrete Math with Technology,"
a four-hour mini-course at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Atlanta,
GA.
- October 2004.
(Jointly with F. Wattenberg of USMA) "Flash and Shockwave for
Mathematics Teaching and Learning," a two-hour workshop at the
International Conference on Technology in College Mathematics in New
Orleans, LA.
- January 2004.
(Jointly with K. McGivney) "Hands-on Discrete Math with Technology,"
a 4-hour mini-course at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Phoenix,
AZ.
- November 2003.
(Jointly with K. McGivney) "Introducing Maple into the
Discrete Mathematics Course," a 45-minute session at the International
Conference on Technology in College Mathematics in Chicago, IL.
- November 2003.
(Jointly with W. Crawley) "Teaching
Mathematical Proof with Technology to First Year Students," a
45-minute session at the International Conference on Technology in
College Mathematics in Chicago, IL.
- September 2003.
(Jointly with W. Crawley) "Interactive Material for the Constructivist
Teaching of Mathematical Proof," SU CETP-PA workshop.
- January 2003.
(Jointly with
L. Moore and D. Smith of Duke University and F. Wattenberg of USMA)
"Using on-line resources to create on-line resources," a
two-hour workshop at the MAA/AMS Joint Meetings in Baltimore, MD.
- February 2002.
"Creating On-line Mathematics Resources", presented at NSF
headquarters in Arlington for a meeting of principal investigators
of math-related DUE grants.
- December 2001.
"Simulation Downloads," a 45-minute session for the Eisenhower
Professional Development Day full-day Workshop at SU.
- November 2001.
"Reflections on Learning: Constructivism in Math and Science,"
a workshop for undergraduate mathematics and science students pursuing
secondary certification (with J. Wilburne and T. Evitts).
- November 2001.
"Maple in Motion", a two-hour workshop at the Fourteenth
International Conference on Technology in College Mathematics.
- November 2001.
(Jointly with
L. Moore and D. Smith of Duke University) "Preparing material
for the Mathematical Sciences Digital Library," a two-hour workshop
at the International Conference on Technology in College Mathematics
in Baltimore, MD.
- October 2001.
"Creating On-line Mathematics Resources", presented at the
Virginia Tech Math Emporium for the fall meeting of the Maryland-DC-Virginia
Section of the MAA.
- July 2001. "Probability
and Recursive Games," a one-day workshop for the Eisenhower Mathematics
Workshop at SU.
- April 2001. "Teaching
mathematics with magic," a two-hour workshop for Eisenhower Mathematics
Workshop at SU.
- January 1999.
Conducted minicourse entitled, "Programming in Maple for classroom
applications," for Baltimore Joint Mathematics Meeting
- November 1995
- September 1997. Conducted over a half dozen workshops at the S.
U. Mathematics and Computer Science Department Seminar on various
technological issues.
- July 1994. Co-instructor
(with C. Scheftic, Brooks-Cole, Inc.) for the MAA Interactive Math
Texts Project one-week summer workshop on Maple at Pierce College,
Los Angeles, CA.
- July 1993. Co-instructor
(with C. Scheftic, Brooks-Cole, Inc.) for the MAA Interactive Math
Texts Project one-week summer workshop on Maple at Morehouse
College, Atlanta, GA.
Editorial Positions
and Reviews
- 2001 - present.
Editor of MAA's Digital Classroom Resources, a component of the Mathematical
Sciences Digital Library (MathDL)
- 2000 - present.
Editorial Board of MAA's Project WELCOME
- 2000 - present.
Referee for Mathematics Magazine.
- March 2006, invited
reviewer for NSF Informal Science Education grant proposals in Arlington, VA.
- July 2003, invited
reviewer for NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement grant
proposals in Washington, D.C.
- July 2001, invited
reviewer for NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement grant
proposals in Washington, D.C.
- 2000. Paid reviewer
for Chapters 1-3 of Ostebee/Zorn Calculus, second edition.
- 1998. Paid reviewer
for prospectus and sample chapters for a Saunders College Publishing
calculus text.
- February 1997,
invited reviewer for NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement
grant proposals in Washington, D.C.
- October 1996,
reviewer of TI-92 supplement to the Ostebee/Zorn Calculus text for
Saunders College Publishing.
Funded grants,
awards, and fellowships
- 2006-2008. NSF
grant DUE-0535327, "Tools for Flash programming for mathematics
and science teaching and learning," with B. Kaskosz of University
of Rhode Island.
- 2003-2006. NSF
grant DUE-0230755, "Development of interactive applications for
the teaching and learning of mathematical proof to future teachers,"
with W. Crawley and T. Evitts.
- 2003. MAA grant
to bring students from underrepresented groups to the Baltimore Joint
Mathematics meeting.
- S.U. PDC Small
Grant, "An Investigation into the Magnitude of the Intertemporal
Elasticity of Substitution in Consumption using Dynamic Optimization."
Listed as "participating faculty" with principle investigator
H. Bastinof the Economics Department at S.U.
- 2002. S.U. PDC
Small Grant, "Development of interactive applications for the
teaching and learning of abstract mathematics," with W. Crawley
of the Math/CS Department at S.U.
- 2001. Undergraduate
Research Grant, "On permutations arising from card shuffling,"
with J. Warchal.
- 2000 - present,
team member for Shippensburg University's Center for Excellence in
Teacher Preparation, an NSF-funded State System collaborative.
- 2000. Exxon Education
Foundation Grant for developing and implementing a regional "New
Experiences in Teaching" (NExT) program for new mathematics faculty
in Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware.
- 2000. Undergraduate
Research Grant, "Simulating the Enigma," with M. Romeo and
J. Urban
- 2000. S.U. P.D.C.
Small Grant to attend Viewpoints workshop at Franklin &
Marshall College.
- 1998 - 99, SU
Professional Development Committee (PDC) summer research grant "Joint
Faculty/Student Research in Recreational Mathematics"
- 1997 - 98, submitted
State System of Higher Education (SSHE) PDC curriculum development
grant "An active textbook for discrete mathematics"
- 1997 Miklausen-Likar
Research grant from the SU Foundation for joint faculty-student research
with Diann Shehy and Rhonda Cook.
- 1996 - 97, SU
PDC summer research grant "The model theory of finite structures"
- 1995 - 1996 SSHE
PDC grant, "Development of resources for multi-course writing initiative."
- 1994 - 1995,
SU PDC summer grant received to develop curriculum for a new discrete
math course.
- 1994 - 95, Project
NExT Fellow.
- 1993, Graduate
Student Teaching Award, Carnegie Mellon University.
Sponsored Student
Research Projects
- Spring 2007. Ben Anderson, "Melodic progressions in music," funded by the Undergraduate Research Fund.
- Spring 2007. Sara Smith, "Pascal's triangle mod composite numbers," funded by the Undergraduate Research Fund.
- Fall 2006. Jeff Becker "Puzzles, Patterns and Proof in the NCTM Standards''
- Summer 2006. Jeff Becker, "Another generalization of the Josephus problem," paper presented at the fall meeting of the Eastern PA & Delaware section of the MAA.
- Summer 2006. Lindsay Housholder, "Creating Flash tutorials using Camtasia"
- Summer 2004.
Laurie Boob (Master's Project), "Resources for Discrete Mathematics
in the Secondary Classroom''
- Fall 2003. Carolyn
Dahl, "Flash Tools for Learning Cryptography,"
funded by the Undergraduate Research Fund.
- Fall 2002. Beth
Ayers, "Partial least squares regression," poster presented
at the Baltimore Joint Mathematics Meetings in January 2003, and presentation
given at the 2003 SU Student Mathematics Conference.
- Spring 2002.
Jon Bigler, "The Fibonacci sequence in number theory," funded
by the Undergraduate Research Fund.
- Spring 2001.
Jeffrey Warchal, "On permutations arising in card shuffling,"
funded by the Undergraduate Research Fund. Presentation given at the
2001 University Day Undergraduate Research Poster Session and at the
2001 Mathematical Association of America (MAA) national summer meeting
in Madison, WI.
- Spring 2000.
Michael Romeo and Jerome Urban, "Simulating the Engima," funded by
Undergraduate Research Fund.
- Summer 1999.
Hilde Heintzelman, Will Lane and Michelle Young, "Number Bracelets,"
funded by SU PDC. Presentation given by Lane at 1999 MAA MathFest
in Providence, RI.
- Summer 1999.
Donnie Miller, Michael Romeo and Greta Wildasin, "The Math 24 Game,"
funded by SU PDC. Presentation given by Romeo at 1999 MAA MathFest
in Providence, RI for which he received an award of excellence of
$150.
- Summer 1999.
Helen Curry, Jeremy Davidson, Erin Halferty and Lea Matricagiano,
(High School Students) "Shuffle This: Patterns Arising from Josephus
Permutations," as part of the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the
Sciences. Presentation given at the annual PGSS Scientific Symposium
in July.
- Spring 1998.
Dylan Powell, "Spyrograph 3D," funded Miklausen-Likar Research grant
from the SU Foundation.
- Fall 1997. Michael
Romeo, "Explorations in Fractal Imaging", funded SU Undergraduate
Research Project. Preliminary report given at 1997 SU Student Math
Conference.
- Fall 1997. Abby
Todd and Nycole Miller, "The Simplex Method." Presentation given at
1997 S.U. Student Math Conference.
- Fall 1997. Hilde
Heintzelman and Darlene Johnson-Statton, "On Digit Shifting." Presentation
given at 1997 S.U. Student Math Conference.
- Summer 1997.
Diann Shehy and Rhonda Cook, "Josephus and the Amazing Technicolor
Fixed Points," funded Miklausen-Likar Research grant from the SU Foundation.
Presentation at the MAA Mathfest in Atlanta for which they received
an award of excellence of $100.
- Spring 1997.
Diann Shehy, "The shortest path to the shortest path," funded SU Undergraduate
Research Project. Presentation at the spring meeting of the Eastern
Pennsylvania and Delaware (EPADEL) section of the MAA at Ursinus College.
- Spring 1997.
Rebecca Shubert, "Historical sources for the mathematics classroom,"
independent study project. Presentation at the spring meeting of the
EPADEL section of the MAA at Ursinus College.
- Spring 1997.
Rachel Bradley, "Computer Simulation of Where in Time is Carmen
Sandiego?" Presentation at SU University Day Math Mini-Conference.
- Fall 1996. Marci
Cropp and Marie Szczypta, "Skills of a Volleyball Serve." Presentation
given at 1996 S.U. Student Math Conference.
- Spring 1995.
Christine Johnson, "Heroism: The Norm Then and Now." Presentation
at the biannual Kappa Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society National
Meeting.
- 1994 - present.
Shippensburg University Problem Solving Group. Worked with a faculty
and student group in a seminar setting to submit solutions to problems
from mathematics journals.
Contributions to
the University
- 2006-present.
SU Web Content Advisory Board.
- 2005-present.
University Wide Promotion Commitee (Chair 2005)
- 2002-Present.
Professional Development Committee (C-FEST since 2003)
- 2001-2005. University
Tenure Committee
- 1999-2002. Undergraduate
Disciplinary Review Board
- 1999-2001. University
Promotion Committee.
- 2001. Cultural
Themes Committee
- 1998-2000. University Curriculum
Committee (Secretary 2000)
- 1998-1999. General Education
Review Committee
- 1998. Developmental Education
Committee
- 1997. Technology and Innovation
Study Group for Middle States Accreditation
- 1997. Search committee for
Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences
Contributions to
the Department
- 1995 - present,
creator and caretaker of the department's World Wide Web homepage
- 1994 - present,
organizer of the Mathematics Department Seminar series.
- 2000 - present.
Mathematics Department Professional Affairs Committee (chair since
2004)
- 1996 - 2004,
initiated and co-organized the SU Student Math Conference
- 2002 - 2004.
Chair of Educational Property Committee in the Mathematics Department
- 1994 - 2004.
Mathematics Curriculum Committee
- 2001 - 2003.
Mathematics Department Teacher Education Committee.
- 2002. Chaired search committee
for three math faculty positions.
- 2001. Faculty
sponsor for S.U. Putnam Mathematics Competition team.
- 2001. Took Mathematics
Content Praxis Exam as part of College of Education's PREPARE Project
for improving student Praxis scores.
- 2000. Chaired search committee
for two math faculty positions.
- 1994 - 2000,
organizer of the Shippensburg University Math and Computer Science
Day for area high school students.
- 1996 - 1999,
organizer of Fall Warm-up Programming Contest for regional colleges
and universities, and the annual Alumni Programming Contest for Homecoming.
- 1996 - 1999,
assistant department chair.
- 1998, Search Committee member
for mathematics faculty position
Contributions to
the Region
- 2004 - 2006.
Governor for the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware (EPADEL) Section
of the Mathematical Association of America.
- 2002 - present.
Problem author for the PCTM annual state mathematics contest.
- 2001 - present.
Founder and co-organizer of EPADEL Project NExT, a professional development
program for new college faculty.
- 2002. Assistant
Director for the Eisenhower Professional Development Workshop at Shippensburg
University.
- 1999 - 2001.
President of the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Section of the
Mathematical Association of America.
- 1997 - 99. Vice
President of the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Section of the
Mathematical Association of America.
- 1997 - 98. Local
organizer of the spring meeting of the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware
Section of the Mathematical Association of America at Shippensburg
- 1994 - 2000.
Director of the Visiting Lecturer and Consultant Program sponsored
by the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Section of the Mathematical
Association of America.
Contributions to
the National Organizations
- 2008-present, chair of the MAA Special Interest Group on the Use of the Web for Teaching and Learning (WebSIGMAA)
- 2004 - 2006,
member of the Board of Governors for the Mathematical Association
of America.
- 2003 - present,
chair of the Nominating Committee for the Web Special Interest Group
of the Mathematical Association of America.
- 2002 - present,
member of the Mathematical Association of America's Coordinating Council
on Meetings
- 1999 - present,
member of the Mathematical Association of America's Committee on Technology
in Mathematics Education
- 1999 - present,
member of the Mathematical Association of America's Leitzel Lecture
Selection Committee (committee chair in 2002 and 2003)
- Fall 2000. Visiting
Mathematician at MAA Headquarters in Washington.
Contributions to
Student Organizations
- 1994 - 2005,
faculty advisor of the Shippensburg University Mathematics Club.
- 1996 - 1999,
faculty advisor and coach of the Shippensburg University Programming
Team.
Meetings and workshops
attended
- Joint AMS/MAA/SIAM
National Meetings
- 1992 Baltimore
- 1995 San
Francisco
- 1998 Baltimore
- 1999 San
Antonio
- 2000 Washington,
DC
- 2001 New
Orleans
- 2003 Baltimore
- 2004 Phoenix
- 2005 Atlanta
- 2006 San
Antonio
- 2007 New
Orleans
- 2008 San Diego
- 2009 Washington, DC
- MAA National
Summer Meetings
- 1994 Minneapolis
- 1995 Burlington
- 1996 Seattle
- 1997 Atlanta
- 1998 Toronto
- 1999 Providence
- 2000 Los
Angeles
- 2001 Madison
- 2002 Burlington
- 2003 Boulder
- 2004 Providence
- 2005 Albuquerque
- 2006 Knoxville
- All but two semi-annual
meetings of the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Section of the MAA
from 1993 to present.
- July 2008. PREP workshop on establishing an Emerging
Scholars Program, Washington, DC.
- March 2008.
International Conference on Technology in College Mathematics, San Antonio, TX.
- March 2007.
Technical Symposium of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)
- February 2007.
International Conference on Technology in College Mathematics, Boston.
- September 2006. Kansas City Regional Mathematics Technology Expo.
- March 2006.
International Conference on Technology in College Mathematics, Orlando.
- January 2005.
Attended a minicourse on "Math and Music "
at the Atlanta Joint Mathematics Meeting
- January 2005.
Attended a minicourse on "The Mathematics of Leonhard Euler"
at the Atlanta Joint Mathematics Meeting
- November 2004.
International Conference on Technology in College Mathematics, New
Orleans. Attended a minicourse on "Creating Interactive Workbooks using MS Excel" as part of this conference.
- November 2003.
International Conference on Technology in College Mathematics, Chicago.
- January 2003.
Attended a minicourse on "Discrete Mathematics for K-12 Teachers"
at the Baltimore Joint Mathematics Meeting
- July 2002. Eisenhower
workshop participant and S.U. faculty liaison to Chambersburg Area
School District, Shippensburg Area School Disctrict, and Big Spring
School Disctrict.
- November 2001.
International Conference on Technology in College Mathematics, Baltimore.
- July 2001. Eisenhower
workshop participant and S.U. faculty liaison to Chambersburg Area
School District at Shippensburg University.
- May 2001. Attended
four technology training workshops at the State System Resources for
the Electronic Classroom conference at West Chester University.
- November 2000.
International Conference on Technology in College Mathematics, Atlanta.
- June 2000. Attended
"Viewpoints: A workshop on incorporating art into the teaching
of mathematics". Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
- June 1999. Asheville
Institute on General Education.
- January 1998.
Attended minicourse "Teaching a Course on the History of Mathematics"
at the AMS/MAA Winter meeting in Baltimore, MD.
- December 1997.
Attended workshop on "Problem-based learning" given by Gary Powers
at Shippensburg University.
- October 1997.
Workshop on "Active Learning of Statistics" given by textbook author
Allan Rossman at Shippensburg University.
- October 1997.
Eastern Small College Computing Conference at Richard Stockton College.
- July 1997. Participant
in teacher enrichment workshops sponsored by Whitaker Foundation and
Eisenhower grants at Shippensburg University.
- November 1995.
Attended training workshop for using the TI-92 graphics/symbolic algebra
calculator in mathematics courses at Messiah College.
- August 1995.
Attended short course on "Undergraduate Research" at the annual MAA
Summer meeting in Burlington, VT.
- January 1995.
Atttended mini-course "Discrete Math for Undergraduates" at the MAA/AMS
Winter meeting in San Francisco, CA.
- August 1994.
Attended short course "Precalculus reform" at the annual MAA Summer
meeting at the University of Minnesota.
Academic and Professional
Societies
- Omicron Delta
Kappa National Leadership Honor Society
- Kappa Mu Epsilon
Mathematics Honor Society
- Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
- Mathematical
Association of America (MAA)
- Association for
Symbolic Logic
- ACM Special Interest
Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)
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